How to send the ALT key command?

Hi Team,

I’m working with a program that in order to get to the menus you must press the ALT key,
With no luck I seem to be stuck. I’ve tried “Type into” and “Keyboard Shortcuts” Is there a setting that I’m missing to just send the ALT key to the program im working with?

Thank You

Hi @Daniel_Rabin1

Did you try Send Hotekeys activity. It is an Classic activity.

If you don’t find it in activities Panel, Click on Filter Panel and enable Classic and try typing Send Hotekeys.

Regards

@Daniel_Rabin1
Try different key sending methods in Type Into and Keyboard Shortcuts: (like Simulate Click, Send Window Messages, and hardware events) to see which one works best with your specific application.

Give Delays before and after activities

“Send Hotkey” did not work, any settings I could have missed?

Hi @Daniel_Rabin1

Can you share the screenshot what are trying to do??

Did you try changing the Input Methods in Type Into

Regards

in Type into and Keyboard Shortcuts none of the different options will send the Alt key… But if I make a dely and press the LAlt key myself the menu pops up and I can continue to the next screen. any other ideas?

@Daniel_Rabin1

Make sure the application window is in the foreground before sending the hotkey.

Use the “Activate” activity to bring the application window to the foreground.

In the properties panel of send hotkey set the “DelayBefore” and “DelayAfter” properties(e.g., 1000 milliseconds or more).

Put send hotkey activity in Retry scope in condition use On element Appear so that it will retry until that element should appear

In On element appear Take the element which appear after Giving that alt key

Thank You team,

The solution was Type Into but he is what happen, I was using a Bluetooth Keyboard with Alt that made the menu appear but on the keyboard on the laptop F1 made the menu appear so it was user error thank you for all the help

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